Beaverworks Mint is profoundly honoured to have such masters in digital sculpting like the renowned coin sculptor William Woodruff as our heavy hitter in terms of being a master engraver in the high end work we are capable of doing.
Practicing and mastering his craft since 1975, Mr. Woodruff began his career engraving radio plates and dials at CFS Leitrim which led him to spend 9 years at one of Ottawa’s premier engraving companies, Pritchard Andrews Co of Ottawa. Following that, Mr. Woodruff joined the Royal Canadian Mint and assisted in preparations for the 1978 Summer Olympics hosted in Montreal. Holds the distinction of being the last apprentice engraver to receive a certificate from the Ministry of Trades from the Province of Ontario. Promoted to Senior Engraver with the Royal Canadian Mint in 2000, Woodruff was an active participant and leader on various committees leading to the Royal Canadian Mint ascent to today’s renowned status. In 2014, Woodruff retired from the engraving industry after nearly 40 years of service.
Versatile in all areas of the most advanced 2D and 3D sculpting and engraving software, his high performance and results oriented personalities fits well with Beaverworks and our start up. He likes our vision and he wants to remain active on a part time basis. Given how fast he works, his precision and depth of knowledge, it is our honour and distinct privilege to have him on board as our Senior Engraver. Like seriously, we are truly honoured and humbled to have someone like this artist in our corner.
Here is a link to his truly humbling and outstanding portfolio of work.
“As leader of Beaverworks, I tell you, the body of work by Woodruff really humbles me hard, like really, really hard!”
-Joseph Green
NOTED DESIGNS
1996 Coin of the Year Award Münzen Magazine Best Coin100 Dollar 14-karat gold coin: Klondike
2010 350 Dollars, Prairie Crocus. Krause Publications Best Gold Coin
2011 $20 for $20 Canoe, Best Silver Coin Silver Krause Publications
2011 $ 15 Silver, Vignette of Prince Charles
2012 25th Anniversary Loon Dollar
2012 Canadian “Lucky Loonie
Woodruff originally contacted us complimenting the design of our Arrow coin which Green designed. We knew at that point, if a retired Senior Engraver from the Royal Canadian Mint was complimenting us on our work, it underscored how persistence and hard work pays off. It was at that point that our Chief Designer was overwhelmed with sheer humility knowing that our work was being examined by a true engraving master, but it served to impress someone with the stature of William Woodruff. As a start up, it goes without saying that we are truly committed to customer satisfaction. All we have is our reputation, legacy of work and our dream to honour the Canadian Armed Forces. We cannot afford to have at any point, any weakness in the quality of our product nor reputation of honour. When Mr. Woodruff inquired about becoming involved as a way to stay in practice and help build out a vision like our, to know that we could absolutely trust his technical and artistic capabilities, but his character to help us grow, truly meant the world to Green. With Mr. Woodruff coming on board, it means we have on board one of the Worlds Premier Master Engravers who just happens to like our vision and character. We look forward to working with him for many years and learning from a true master.
Here is more of his world class work with links to Numista to learn more about each coin.
Our leader Joseph Green has been working with 3D software for over 20 years and for other work not needing that ultra-level work Woodruff is capable of doing, Green handles it in addition to all the other aspects of running a mint.